Geek Squad OnLine backup/storage

[baxelsson]

This is a question for an experienced user of subject.
Example - If I b/u files:  A, B, C, D.
Later I remove file C from my computer because I don't need it any more.
After that sometime I run an other backup of my current files, now:  A, B, D.
What happens to the old C file at GeekSquad?
I assume it stays there, but now how can I easy remove those not needed files?
Do I have to remove all my backup and start a new backup from scratch that does not contain file I don't need any more? It's a big job.
Any ideas?
Thanks,
Bert

[Spoiler]

You will have to ask Geek Squad about file "C" You need to find out how your backups are setup.

http://www.pcmech.com/article/guide-to-pc-backup-options/

Backup Principles

Types of backups
There are three types of backups. The first is a full backup. This is a complete copy of everything that is to be backed up. It will use up the same amount of space as the files on the disk, before accounting for compression. Full backups are nice because you can just find the tape/file you need and restore it with no mess.

The second type is an incremental backup. Incremental backups only store the changes or changed files since the last backup, whether it is a full backup or another incremental backup. They typically save quite a bit of space since you aren’t storing many copies of the exact same files, and they are much quicker to process during the backup. The downside is that you’ll need the last full backup plus every incremental backup you made since then in order to restore the files. So restoration is more painful, and if there is a damaged tape or other media somewhere in the middle, you could potentially lose most of your data from that point forward. Incremental backups do require special backup software to track what files have changed and upon restore, to re-join the data from all the different backup sources.

The third type of backup is a differential backup. It is a middle ground between full and incremental backups in that it stores all files that have changed since the last full backup, ignoring any previous differential or incremental backups. That makes restoration much quicker than with multiple incremental backups, but it can require quite a bit more space and take longer to perform the backup.



 

[michelsmith]

Online backup services are a good way to have an offsite backup, but you must have a local backup too especially with large files because it
might take several hours to recover your data in case of a hard drive crash. I use MYPCBackup, the service is reliable and not expensive.

[Salmon Trout]

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